Transcontinental, Inc. engages in the provision of print and digital media, flexible packaging, and publishing services. It operates through the following business segments: Packaging, Printing, and Other. The Packaging segment focuses on the extrusion, lamination, printing, and conversion of packaging solutions, and the manufacture and recycling of flexible plastic, including rollstock, labels, die cut lids, shrink films, bags and pouches, and advanced coatings. The Printing segment offers premedia services, flyer printing and distribution, in-store marketing products as well as an array of print solutions for newspapers, magazines, 4-colour books and personalized, and mass marketing products. The Other segment includes the media sector, certain head office costs as well as the elimination of inter-sector sales. The company was founded by Remi Marcoux in 1976 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.
